Current respiratory symptoms and risk factors in pregnant women cooking with biomass fuels in rural Ghana.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:More than 75% of the population in Ghana relies on biomass fuels for cooking and heating. Household air pollution (HAP) emitted from the incomplete combustion of these fuels has been associated with adverse health effects including respiratory effects in women that can lead to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a major contributor to global HAP-related mortality. HAP is a modifiable risk factor in the global burden of disease, exposure to which can be reduced. OBJECTIVE:This study assessed the prevalence of respiratory symptoms, as well as associations between respiratory symptoms and HAP exposure, as measured using continuous personal carbon monoxide (CO), in nonsmoking pregnant women in rural Ghana. METHODS:We analyzed current respiratory health symptoms and CO expo

SUBMITTER: Van Vliet EDS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7069526 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature